Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A private road that connects a house, garage, or other building with the street.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A way for driving; a drive; specifically, a private road, as from a house to the street entrance.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A passage or way along or through which a carriage may be driven.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun US Short
private road that leads to ahouse orgarage .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a road leading up to a private house
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Blowing out the driveway is a piece of cake compared to that.
Ho ho ho! Let it friggin’ snow « A Progressive on the Prairie 2009
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If you're using a professional mover, the threshold of simply having the mover park in your driveway is the most expensive part of the move.
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We were led astray by predictions from the neighbor across the street, whose big house actually has a front door on the busy street even though their driveway is across from ours.
Halloween Animations 2004
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Police in Washington County are looking for two men who they say are showing up at people's homes and demanding money in what they describe as a driveway scheme.
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“The toll on our family of news helicopters over our house and reporters in our driveway is yet unknown,” she wrote.
Edwards Admits to Extramarital Affair - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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Prancing in the center of the driveway is Larry Mays, 59, a wiry black man in a white shirt and tan pants, and a baseball hat that says “Man of Faith.”
Shooting Britney 2008
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Prancing in the center of the driveway is Larry Mays, 59, a wiry black man in a white shirt and tan pants, and a baseball hat that says “Man of Faith.”
Shooting Britney 2008
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“The toll on our family of news helicopters over our house and reporters in our driveway is yet unknown,” she wrote.
Edwards Admits to Extramarital Affair - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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The driveway is littered with brown pine needles and the lawn has brownish patches.
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The driveway is littered with brown pine needles and the lawn has brownish patches.
The creatures of the forest and the forests themselves rejoice : Bev Vincent 2008
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